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Ford Explorer owners say their SUVs are making them sick
Driving ^ | March 20, 2019 | Ryan Beene, Margaret Cronin Fisk and Allison McCartney, Bloomberg

Posted on 03/21/2019 5:16:17 PM PDT by rickmichaels

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1 posted on 03/21/2019 5:16:17 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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This is not a hard thing to measure and determine.

“Ford’s investigation has not found carbon monoxide levels that exceed what people are exposed to every day.”

That is not the comparison that matters. The comparison is to other cars.

That sentence does make it sound like Ford has a problem.


2 posted on 03/21/2019 5:20:52 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Never liked ZFord Explorers, eithger. I’ve had Jeep Grand Cherokees/ LTDs/ V8s since 1977. Heh.


3 posted on 03/21/2019 5:21:17 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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I too would have a sick feeling if there was ever a Ford in my garage.


4 posted on 03/21/2019 5:23:52 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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He invited Bloomberg News along for a ride. There was very little sign of carbon monoxide during a 120-km test drive near Henriksen’s home in South Lyon, Michigan, in January. One of two detectors in his vehicle registered only tiny amounts of the gas. The other showed zero.

“That’s the problem—it’s so sporadic,” he said. Ford twice sent engineers to examine his Explorer, Henriksen said, and they found no problem.

This indicates it’s psychosomatic or due to something else, if real.

Ford saying they “fixed it” indicated they found a problem.

None of this is coherent.

Bottom line, Fords are garbage even without any CO problem.


5 posted on 03/21/2019 5:24:20 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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6 posted on 03/21/2019 5:24:54 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm ( 32:12))
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Another UAW triumph. /s


7 posted on 03/21/2019 5:25:22 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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Check and see if he has a trunk full of rabbits.


8 posted on 03/21/2019 5:31:31 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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Never had a CO problem in my Tesla...

*ducking*


9 posted on 03/21/2019 5:31:55 PM PDT by dinodino
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, Fords are garbage even without any CO problem.

My last two leases (2013 and 2016) were a Ford Focus........Loved them......Very disappointed that they discontinued them.

10 posted on 03/21/2019 5:41:08 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (ui)
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A company I worked for, in which the general manager was a clueless idiot, opted for a fork lift operated by a gas engine, not on batteries, That would have been fine if its use had not been for an indoor warehouse, and a small one at that. The warehouse employees were too dumb to see the problem, too. It went on for months.


11 posted on 03/21/2019 5:44:48 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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The Ford Exploder has another serious problem?


12 posted on 03/21/2019 5:46:38 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (I guess with John McCain & Benedict Arnold being dead, Faux News had to settle for Ryan!!!!)
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To: Hot Tabasco

All you’re going to find on this thread are the Chevy and Mopar boys who take every chance they can to trash Ford.

I have a 16 escape that I traded my 14 crv in for, and I don’t regret it.


13 posted on 03/21/2019 5:48:05 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (Ever onward.)
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Nonsense. I often get a little pink cheeked from carbon monoxide emitted by outbuilding propane heaters. My body has extra hemoglobin for just such an occasion (I say, I say, BOY!).

Much more likely is these people chronically irritating their vestibular systems by texting and driving.


14 posted on 03/21/2019 5:48:14 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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Every Police Agency in CA including The Highway Patrol drive Ford Explorers.

Why haven’t I heard about this before?

Maybe Ford should start using Magnaflow Exhaust Systems.


15 posted on 03/21/2019 5:49:05 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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It’s like retail stores.
Every retail chain store in the US has some FReeper calling for a blacklist on it.


16 posted on 03/21/2019 5:49:51 PM PDT by nascarnation
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Bottom line, Fords are garbage even without any CO problem.

I have two. A 2002 F-250/w 326000 and 2011 F-150/w 170000. I had to put a clutch in the "02" at 275,000 but other than routine maintenance that's it.
I bought a Government Motors vehicle but don't know what make it is since I never saw it. I wouldn't buy a GM and won't have one in my driveway. Park 'em on the street so the neighbors won't think I'm "going commie".

17 posted on 03/21/2019 5:53:14 PM PDT by SanchoP (Why does DC hate Americans so much ?)
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FORD Fixed or repaired daily...Found on road dead....


18 posted on 03/21/2019 5:53:47 PM PDT by Dandy (Drain the swamp baby!!!)
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I agree with you on that. Feels like that’s the case around here most of the time.


19 posted on 03/21/2019 5:54:54 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (Ever onward.)
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I have NEVER owned anything but a Ford my entire life and have LOVED everyone of them!!


20 posted on 03/21/2019 5:55:00 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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